Br. Lawrence A. Whitney, LC+

University Chaplain for Community Life

ThD | Boston University School of Theology ’15

MDiv | Boston University School of Theology ’09

BM | Ithaca College

 

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Br. Larry came to Boston University in 2005, when he was first a graduate student in the School of Theology. In the fall of 2006 he began work as a Field Education Intern at Marsh Chapel and then also worked as Chapel Associate for First-year Students during the spring term. In July of 2007 he took up his present responsibilities as University Chaplain in the development of the programmatic ministry of Marsh Chapel. He oversees the ministry department of Marsh Chapel, including a team of Associate Chaplains, the Servant Team, and the Interfaith Council.

Br. Larry is a professed member of the Lindisfarne Community, an ecumenical neomonastic religious order based in Ithaca, New York. The Lindisfarne Community ordained him to the diaconate in 2006 and to the priesthood in 2009.

In 2005, Br. Larry completed his undergraduate studies in Music Education (Clarinet) with a minor in Religious Studies at Ithaca College and received a Bachelor of Music Degree. In 2009 he completed the Master of Divinity degree with a specialization in ecumenical systematic theology at the BU School of Theology, with a Certificate in International Mission and Ecumenism through the Boston Theological Institute (BTI). He is presently pursuing the Doctor of Theology degree at BU STH with a concentration in philosophical theology and liturgical studies. His academic research interests include religious language, comparative theology, ritual theory, religion and science, ontology, metaphysics, semiotics, American Pragmatism, and philosophical cosmology.

Br. Larry was both an Undergraduate Fellow and Ministry Fellow with the Fund for Theological Education. He is presently a member of the National Association of College and University Chaplains, the Association of College and University Religious Affairs, the Student Affairs Administrors in Higher Education (NASPA), the American Academy of Religion and the American Philosophical Association.

 

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Office: 617-358-3392
Cell: 857-413-7112
lwhitney@bu.edu